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Cherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to...

Małgorzata (Gosia) K. Citko-DuPlantis, University of Tennessee Cherry blossoms mark the beginning of spring. Various festivals are regularly organized...

What is the Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic actually about? ‘Miserable tea’ and...

Paul S. Atkins, University of Washington On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore...

Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon...

Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on...

How the practice of Nichiren Buddhism sustained Tina Turner for 50 years

Ralph H. Craig III, Stanford University When Tina Turner, often dubbed the “Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll,” died at...

The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of...

Ryan Jones, University of Oregon Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at...

Shooting of Shinzo Abe is a huge shock for Japan and...

Craig Mark, Kyoritsu Women's University Japan is reeling from the assassination of its longest-serving former prime minister, Shinzo Abe....

How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success...

Alisa Freedman, University of Oregon See a container of Cup Noodles at a convenience store and you might think...

Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world...

Allison Hawn, Arizona State University While most of us would likely care to forget the pandemic as soon as...

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